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• Many of Adam Pertman's criticisms are reinforced in a report published by the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute in a 2003 report whose title says it all; it's called Unintended Consequences: 'Safe Haven' Laws Are Causing Problems, Not Solving Them.
  
  
• CWLA also published a report on the topic in 2003. Baby Abandonment: The Role of Child Welfare Systems, recognizes that safe haven laws only address half the problem and preventive actions are needed.
  
  
• The last issue of Children's Voice examined the Nebraska's first safe haven law, and the decision to revise it, in a National Newswire" item.
  
  
• Toni Hoy wrote two articles for Rise Magazine, a publication by and for parents in the child welfare system, about her family's experience and her views on Nebraska's first safe haven law..